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Nature offers a boundless source of inspiration for designing bio-inspired technologies and advanced materials. Cephalopods, including octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish, exhibit remarkable biological adaptations, such as dynamic camouflage for predator evasion and communication, as well as robust prey-capturing tools, including beaks and sucker-ring teeth that operate under extreme mechanical stresses in aqueous environments. Central to these remarkable traits are structural proteins that serve...
Mater Today Bio. 2025 Mar 8;31:101644. doi: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.101644. eCollection 2025 Apr.
ABSTRACT
Nature offers a boundless source of inspiration for designing bio-inspired technologies and advanced materials. Cephalopods, including octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish, exhibit remarkable biological adaptations, such as dynamic camouflage for predator evasion and communication, as well as robust prey-capturing tools, including beaks and sucker-ring teeth that operate under extreme mechanical stresses in aqueous environments. Central to these remarkable traits are structural proteins that serve as versatile polymeric materials. From a materials science perspective, proteins present unique opportunities due to their genetically encoded sequences, enabling access to a diversity of sequences and precise control over polymer composition and properties. This intrinsic programmability allows scalable, environmentally sustainable production through recombinant biotechnology, in contrast to petroleum-derived polymers. This review highlights recent advances in understanding cephalopod-specific proteins, emphasizing their potential for creating next-generation bioengineered materials and driving sustainable innovation in biomaterials science.
PMID:40130040 | PMC:PMC11931252 | DOI:10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.101644
Iana Lychko, Inês Padrão, Afonso Vicente Eva, Catarina Alexandra Oliveira Domingos, Henrique Miguel Aljustrel da Costa, Ana Margarida Gonçalves Carvalho Dias, Ana Cecília Afonso Roque
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Mater Today Bio. 2025 Mar 8;31:101644. doi: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.101644. eCollection 2025 Apr.
ABSTRACT
Nature offers a boundless source of inspiration for designing bio-inspired technologies and advanced materials. Cephalopods, including octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish, exhibit remarkable biological adaptations, such as dynamic camouflage for predator evasion and communication, as well as robust prey-capturing tools, including beaks and sucker-ring teeth that operate under extreme mechanical stresses in aqueous environments. Central to these remarkable traits are structural proteins that serve as versatile polymeric materials. From a materials science perspective, proteins present unique opportunities due to their genetically encoded sequences, enabling access to a diversity of sequences and precise control over polymer composition and properties. This intrinsic programmability allows scalable, environmentally sustainable production through recombinant biotechnology, in contrast to petroleum-derived polymers. This review highlights recent advances in understanding cephalopod-specific proteins, emphasizing their potential for creating next-generation bioengineered materials and driving sustainable innovation in biomaterials science.
PMID:40130040 | PMC:PMC11931252 | DOI:10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.101644
Iana Lychko, Inês Padrão, Afonso Vicente Eva, Catarina Alexandra Oliveira Domingos, Henrique Miguel Aljustrel da Costa, Ana Margarida Gonçalves Carvalho Dias, Ana Cecília Afonso Roque
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